The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-21
HOME AND FARM.

Keep your fowls up on stormy
days, but give them something to
scratch.
Ducks, after commencing to lay,
drop one egg regularly every twenty
four hours, almost invariably after
night.
-Unsparing use of borax under car
pets, in corners and closets, will, it is
said. soon conquer the buffalo moth
NJ Y Tribune.
If your hens feed on the manure
pie and drink barnyard water, don't
expect eggs with delicious flavor
Cincinnati Times.
"A merlno sheep will get fat in
three months of good feeding. 1t will
not be thick on the rib, for this is not
the nature of the merino.
To wash dishes without putting
the hands in the water, make mop
of cord or Irvine with a woode handle
about foot long. -NationaI TIeD
OF all the geraniums. be sure and
have some of the scented-leaf ones.
They are thrifty growers and are never
bothered by insects of any description.
When so many farmers hang or
strip tobacco in their barns is it not
wonder that more stock do not tOt1it
from swallowing the leaves among the
hay Connecticut Farmer.
Brown Flour, for Browning Grav.
les: Put some flour in pan over the
fire. stirring it constantly to keep it
from burning; when well Drowned put
it in a dredging-box, and keep for the
browning of ordinary gravies.
The Importance of microbes to the
growth of plants has been practically
demonstrated by NJ. Laurent, who OBJ.
tanned only One-fourth as much buck
wheat from sterilized mould as in soil
containing bacteria.-Golden Rule.
Several years ago buried a lot oi
cabbage in Scotland for more than
year. 1 then offered it to fowls and
ducks, and was surprised to find how
much they ate. 1t seems moro suita-
BILE silage for fowls than grass silage.
Home and Farm.
1t requires practice and close at
tention to all the details in order to
produce two tubs of butter alike in
quality. A change in the kind of food
given the cows will alter the character
of the product, as may be noticed when
wild onions are eaten. The most care
full consideration should be given the
feed, and next the cleanliness of the
stalls. st. Louis Republican.
Sage Pudding; One cupful of sa-
90 soaked in cold water until soft. Add
four quarts of scalded milk, sweeten to
taste, and add little salt. Lei it cool,
and when~feady to put in the oven,
stir in three well beaten eggs. but do
not stir the mixture after it sets. Bake
three quarters of an hour. Flavor to
taste. Tapioca same rs sage, only use
five eggs. -Molhsr' S Magazine.
Once week during dry weather,
if sulphur and powdered charcoal be
mixed with soft food for the young
chickens, it serves rs an admirable
cleanser Of the stomach; it saves them
from becoming crop bound; it aids di-
gcstiOn very materially and assists to
keep away lice; for the sulphur per-
meates the whole body and works ont
wardly through the skin pores.-SGn
Francisco Chronicle.
Swedish Rolls: Seven cups of -four,
one pint of milk boiled. When cool,
add one-half cup of batter, one-quar-
ter cup sugar, one egg, one-half COM
pressed yeast cake. For tea set them
to rise at eight o'clock in the morning.
At p. m. roll them out about an inch
thick; put small piece of butter on
one 81 lie; fold them in halves; put
them in your pan little apart. and let
them rise till time to bike for tea.--
Boston BuIqet.